Thermoanaerobacteriales | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Division: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Clostridia Rainey 2010 |
Order: | Thermoanaerobacterales Wiegel 2010 |
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The Thermoanaerobacteriales are a polyphyletic order of bacteria placed within the polyphyletic class Clostridia, and encompassing three families: the Thermoanaerobacteraceae, the Thermodesulfobiaceae, and the Thermoanaerobacterales family III incertae sedis, and various unplaced genera. This order is noted for the species' abilities to survive in environments of extremely elevated temperature. An example organism in this order is Thermoanaerobacterium autearoensis.
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 by The All-Species Living Tree Project.
The Thermoanaerobacteriales as previously mentioned are polyphyletic, and consist of over six morphologically and physiologically similar clades:
?T. acetatoxydans ♠ Westerholm et al. 2011
T. syntrophicus Sekiguchi et al. 2006 (type sp.)
T. gondwanense Ogg et al. 2010
T. ferriorganovorum Zavarzina et al. 2002 (type sp.)
T. litoriperuensis Lee et al. 2006
T. oceani Lee et al. 2006 (type sp.)
Fervidicola ferrireducens Ogg and Patel 2009
Caldanaerovirga acetigignens Wagner et al. 2009
Thermovorax subterraneus Mäkinen et al. 2012
?M. perchloratireducens ♠ Balk et al. 2008